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analogously

analogously

1 6.8
In a way that is like another situation
  • adverb
  • /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs.li/
  • Formal
translation icon : analogamente
  • Analogously, the ratepayers could argue that their expectations are unfairly disrupted by retroactive rate regulation.
  • functions analogously
  • operates analogously
  • thought of analogously

And analogously in the perception through the eye of the mind or the soul.

Examples

  • The market for the transfer of projects would function analogously to the market for corporate control.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Children learn to walk analogously to the way they first learn to crawl before standing independently.

  • Categories of space and time can be applied only analogously.

    Academic text (2011)
  • To the extent that teachers operate primarily on the basis of personal experience, they perform analogously to the tribal medicine man.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Analogously, the laws that exist in a domestic polity may change without its constitution changing.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Analogously, the thoughtless use of various values in Experiment 2 might increase complexity scores.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Analogously, clairvoyance assumes that information is received from the environment in a non-sensory way.

    Academic text (1995)
  • With their rapid provision of feedback, synchronous chats might operate analogously to the take-out counter at a restaurant.

    Academic text (2013)
  • In its dependence on both Father and Son, Augustine's Pneumatology operates analogously to his antecedent Christology.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In the same way that a teacher guides students, a mentor supports their mentees analogously.

Synonyms

so
vsanalogously
1.0

In the same way

specifically highlights similarity between two situations or processes
just as
vsanalogously
317 1.0

In the same way as another action

focuses on pointing out similarity between situations or processes
similarly
vsanalogously
226 2.2

In the same way as what was just said

emphasizes showing similarity between situations or processes explicitly
likewise
vsanalogously
153 3.6

In the same way as someone or something else

highlights showing similarity between two cases rather than equality
in common with
vsanalogously
61 2.1

Is similar to other people or things

uses that shared trait to show similarity between situations
correspondingly
vsanalogously
5 4.8

In a way that matches something else

uses general similarity across situations rather than strict one-to-one match
comparably
vsanalogously
4 3.8

In a similar way or degree to something else

shows likeness between situations without stressing measurable comparison
equivalently
vsanalogously
1 5.1

In a way that has the same meaning or value as something else

instead points to a similarity between situations rather than exact equality
analogically
vsanalogously
  • Formal
7.5

In a way that compares one thing to a similar thing

shows similarity more generally rather than systematic mapped comparison

How Similar

exactly
1.0
closely
390 1.0
analogously
  • Formal
1 6.8
similarly
226 2.2
loosely
43 3.7

Surface Forms

analogously positive

Morphology

analogously = analogous (transparent) = analog + ous + ly

The adverb is formed transparently from the adjective 'analogous' by adding the suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Analogously comes from analogy, and from Greek parts ana- 'again' and logos 'reason' or 'word', which together give the idea of a matching pattern; a helpful image is two things that line up in the same way. So, to do something analogously is to do it 'in a similar way' to something else.